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Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-12-03
Tbe Jury Disagreed,

A telegram from Elko says: After
a trial which lasted eleven days, of
George w. Lewis, foreman OF the
Tripoli mine, for the murder of George
Piccolo at Highland, Elko county, on
September 3, the jury after being out
"a hours failed to agree, and were dis
charged. The jurymen stood five for
murder in the first degree, one for
murder in the second degree and six
for acqulttal.
The evidence showed that Lewis.
after a dispute with Piccolo, avowed
an intention OF killing the latter;
walked two miles at 5 o'clock in the
morning, procured a revolver, re-
turned to Piccolo's cabin and fred
tour shots, killing Piccolo instantly.
Lewis then went away, but returned
again, raised the dead mans head and
fired the remaining shot in the pistol
through Piccolo's brain. The defense
was insanity.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-12-03
Death of "a Noted Gambler,

George Duval, "a monte man from
way back" died in st. Louis last
week. He is said to have outwitted
the most notorious sharps. He and
Canada Bill, for years, followed the
Central and Union Pacific, making
their headquarters by turns at Omaha,
Salt Lake, Reno and San Francisco.
Finally their depredations became so
numerous and the complaints against
them SO general, that the very strict
est measures had to be taken by the
railroad lines to rid the cars of their
presence. In time they found their
unlawful business Improbable, and
finally abandoned it altogether.
Duval went to st. Louis, where he
engaged in legitimate trade. But it is
said at times the love of adventure
overcame his reformation and he would
disappear for weeks, to be heard of in
some of the Territories, where for a
brief season he Piled his tricks and
games on the foolish and unwary.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-12-03

DR.. Bryant. who accompanied Preai.
dent Cleveland on his recent tour through
the west and south, is a serious man,
who never jokes and never uses slang.
One day the doctor was walking through
the woods on the Belle.Nleade farm near
Nashville, with General Bill jackson,
who is known far and wide as a very
successful raconteur. The general was
in particularly high spirits that day, and
stories ran ont of him like sap out Of
a sugar maple.
At the end OF one especially good story,
the doctor, who did not seem to be much
pricked by the point OF ii, continued to
look up at the trees, which he had been
some time examining, and said: "Gene-
raj, you raise a good many chestnuts here,
don't YOU" All the rest OF the day the
doctor wondered why General Jackson
told no more stories,
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-12-03

At a spiritualistic seance held in St.
Louis the other day, after the spirit of
Thomas Jefferson had condemned the
land theory OF Henry George, the
alleged shade OF Louis Lings, the
Anarchist, appeared. Il desire to
say" he remarked in a natural tone
OF voice I" that | did not intend to
harm anyone with the bombs found
II my cell | merely intended to cheat
the gallows out of all its victims.
How | procured those bombs is NV
business. did not get them from
the women, however; that much l
will say. l do not need any more
sympathy than l wanted PRAYERS, l
can do my own sympathizing when l
have need OF any. l will not describe
the sensation of death. 1t seems as if
| We're asleep for a few days. l am
all right now. Proudhon says that /
am in quite a low sphere, much lower
than he is, but that l can make pro-
gress ii | try. Ii there is any hell
over here | have not yet heard of it,
and do not believe there is any such
thing. am satisfied as l am"
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-12-03

P~ITTsBURG, Nov. ga well-dressed
young man giving the name OF John
W. Armytage, OF San Francisco, was
arrested here last night for attempting
TO pass a bogus check for 500. Army
tage came here several DAYS ago with
letters from John W. Mackay, the
California millionaire, which he pre-
scented to Black x Baird, real estate
dealers. He claimed TO be an agent
OF Mackay's, and intimated that he
was commissioned to purchase a site
Tor a cable station. Yesterday after
noon he called again and asked them
to cash a check for 500, as he was in
need Of funds. The check was signed
by Mackay, and was drawn on the
Bank OF California. Black & Baird
telegraphed to Mackay. and an an
swe was received last night, saying
that Armytage was unknown. He
was arrested at the Hotel Anderson
and is now in Jail. 1t is supposed the
letters in his possession are also for
geries. Armytage ISIS years of age,
weighs 145 pounds and is five feet II
inches in height.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-12-03

Look not upon apple-cider when il
gets there, Eli. For at last it will get
you yanked up as a witness against
the man who sold it to you, and make
you accessory to getting him fined
500 INC soaked i'll the county Jail for
80 days. Who hath wo and head
ache? He that monkeys with hard
cider and extract of malt. Who
hath babbling and redness of the
nose? lie that blows in his susten-
ance on drinks that braces him up.
Hard cider is a mocker, and extract of
malt is a fraud and he who is bam-
toozled thereby is named Dennis
Dubois Times.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-12-03

The bevolent pastor of a New York
church thought to reclaim the newsboys
and ~bootblacks of that city by furnishing
them with harmless amusement. He col.
lected a thousand of them in a big hall
and undertook to give a ~stereopticon
show. But the boys started a riot and
yelled so loud that they could be heard
for blocks, while the ladies nearly went
into Mysteries, and the pastor was scared
out of his wits. This experiment shows
that it will not do for persons who fail
to understand the nature Of that singular
animal, the small boy, to attempt his
reclamation, lest they be devoured by
him.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-12-03
THE PRESENT SITUATION.
No Settlement Made-rhe Lawyers
Have Departed.

The Reveille hoped to print the
good news ere this, that the Chicago
parties had raised the liens and at
tachments by paying down the neces-
sary hard cash and would begin inn
mediately to resume operations in the
mines. But since the general shut
down the hopes that have been raised
in the breast OF the public. seem to
have been created, that they may be
dashed to pieces on the rocks of GER
tainty. We are no nearer a settle
ment than we were at the very begin
ming, and the pointers Of Manhattans
destiny, have marked it for the sale OF
the Sheriff. When the parties iron
Chicago, both lawyers, had reached
here, when Il. NJ. Clarke Of Carson
and H. G. Plat, OF San Francisco hur-
ried here to lend their legal advice.
the public again hoped, feeling that
ii would be arranged satisfactorily and
the money raised, but their hope was
born OF disappointment and nourished
by delusion. Long kilograms r
sent and received from Chicago each
day, but kilograms seem only to stir
the mud into a deeper mire, in which
all parties founder the deeper they
wade in. The only telegram that will
DO the work is the one that announces
that the money has been deposited in
a bank for transfer here. From the
upshot OF the complicated affairs, one
reading between the lines OF the vari-
GUS rumors circulated cannot but see
plainly that the Chicago parties come
out here more TO see what was going
on rather than with any idea of raising
the money. 1t now looks as if the
Sherifs sale and its clear deed is the
only salvation we have, and the sooner
that is brought about, the better it is
for the whole community.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-12-03
r,,, nrwoCRaTrC CONVENTION.

Let us see. says the New York Herald
Chicago desires the National Convention
of 1855. Philadelphia has pathetically
nroed her claims: New York has shown
eonclusiyely to every man who thinks
twice that it ought to be held here, and
the Democrats of the Pacific slope are
anxious TO extend to it the hospitaiities
of San Francisco. The National Conven'
tion seems to be in great demand.
Well. California is worth thinking
about. 1t is one of the magnificent States
of the Union. Less than forty years ago
II was A wilderness, but the hiding place
of gold enough to set all creation by the
ears, and pretty nearly all creation pack
ed its gripsack and joined the scramble
for the nuggets. Il was a human mena-
gerie for a while, made up of the widest
clements of all ~nationalities; but when
the craze subsidized the people rolled up
their sleeves, built cities, planted vine
wards, established law and order, and IN
1861 wheeled into line for the old flag
and took their place at the front.
California is one of the richest n
most productive pieces Of real estate on
the continent. Geographically speaking
it is numbered among the giants OF the
United States. II it should lie down on
our eastern seaboard it could lay its head
in the lap of Mayor Hewitt in New York
and its feet would rest on a cotton plan
tation in Georgia; and if it had the night
mare it might kick the top Of Florida's
head off.
Here is another curious fact. II q mar
were asked to point to a city which is
about half way along a line running from
the easternmost point OF land to the
westernmost owned by the United States
he would most probably choose San Fran
cisco. and there he would make his mis-
take. Drawing a line from the western
end of the Aleutian Islands to the eastern
end of Maine you will find, to your sur
prise, that the Golden Gate, on the Pa
eide, is about as near the middle OF it as
you can easily get.
In point Of population, however, San
Francisco is merely an outpost. At the
beginning of this century, or say in 1893,
when Washington died, the centre Of
population was Baltimore. During every
decade it has been creeping further away
from the Alleghanies and nearer to the
Mississippi. To-day it is a few miles
west of Cincinnati, but it is travelling at
a good gait, and Heaven only knows
where it will be at the beginning OF the
next century, with hall million people
coming to our shores yearly and dis.rib-
uting themselves over the country.
San Francisco may not get the National
Convention next year, hut it can't be
long before her claims will be faYorably
heard.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-12-03
An Old Eureken's Interest in a
Rich Mine.

Frank Swan, who left here several
months ago with his family for Ore
gon, has become part owner OF a rich
mine situated in that State, which was
bonded for six months from August /,
1887, and upon certain payments hay
ing been made, the bond was extended
for four months longer. 4 Baker
City paper says: Jonathan Bourne,
Jr., OF Portland, returned from an in
spection OF the Swan 4 Tabor mine,
on Cracker Creek. He gives a very
favorable report Of the operations be-
ing done there under the Superin-
tendency OF c. W. Knowles, and
takes with him TO Portland some fine
specimens OF the ore. The bond held
by Mr.. Knowles and others has only
a few weeks yet TO run, and during
that time development work will be
pushed energetically and scientifically,
and there is every probability OF the
property being purchased by the
parties negotiating. 1t is claimed that
this mine is the biggest thing of the
kind yet discovered, and that it throws
the celebrated Treadwell mine COM
pletelv in the shade We are glad to
learn that Frank is in such good luck.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-12-03

Governor Waterman's misfortune in
having Mr.. Boruck as a private Secretary
is still evident, According to the Sacra.
mento Bee, that gentleman asserted the
other evening that the Governor was not
in the pardon business. THAT fellow
Goldenson will never get a ray OF hope
from the Governor" said the private Sec
rotary. 81 do not think that Mr.. Wa.
terman would ever hear a word concern.
ing the case" This, to be sure. was after
dinner, but was not exactly the thing to
say even then. There is no probability
that Governor Waterman will interfere
in any similar case, but he will do his
duty, and he will not announce his de.
cision before he understands the facts
S. F. Post.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-12-03

The Sergeant-at-arms of the House Of
Representatives is having the mileage
accounts Of the members Of the next
Congress revised. Under the law each
Representative is allowed twenty cents
per mile. Delegate Smith, OF Arizona,
stands at the head OF the list, and will be
paid 1000 for his expenses from Tomb
stone and back again. Representative
Herman of Oregon, and Delegate Voor.
hees of Washington Territory, come next
on the list, followed by the California
delegation, who will receive about 81, 800
each. Grain Of Texas is to get $500;
Mi!liken of Maine 1921; Dougherty of
Florida S456, and the New York city
members 500 each.
The least mileage will be drawn by
Lee of Virginia, who lives eight miles
from Washington, and gets 81 20.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-12-03

= Denthbel Confession.

A year ago DR.. Charles Lanteline, Of
Mongul. Shippensang, Pa, a highly re-
spected citizen, was charged by a young
m of Mongul with having betrayed
her, and with being the father of her
child. DR.. Lanteline was arrested on the
charge, but denied all knowledge Of the
girl. He was so emphatic in his declara.
ton Of innocence that he refused to &C.
cept an offer made by the plaintiff s coun.
sell to compromise. He was convicted by
the girls testimony alone, and sentenced
to three months in the county Jail. The
girls cause had been championed by a
prominent resident Of high standing soci-
ally and in business. DR.. Lanteline served
his term in Jail, and resumed his practice
in Mongul when he was released.
The girl who accused him died recently,
and a great sensation has been created in
Shippensang county by the fact having
been made public a day or so ago that
while on her deathbed she sent for the
wife Of the citizen who had aided her in
the case against the Doctor, and confessed
to the lady that DIR. Lanteline was en-.
tirely innocent of the charge she had
made against him, and for which he was
punished, and that the lady's husband
himself was the cause Of her ruin and the
father OF her child.-N. Y. Sun.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-12-03

Its said that Mr.. S~purgeon OF London,
is in the habit Of testing the abilities OF
the more promising students CT his col.
lege by obliging them to 90 into the pull
pit with a sealed envelope in their hands
containing the text Of their address. On
one occasion a student found OIL opening
his paper. this subject set: "Apply the
story Of Zaccheus to your own qualifca.
tions and calling" And ne delivered
himself in the following way: MY
brethren, the subject on which I have 70
address you to-day is a comparison be.
tween Zacchaus and my own quali6ca.
tions. Well. the first thing We read
about Zaccheps was that ne was small Of
stature, and I never felt so small as l do
now. In the second place, we read that
he climbed up into a tree, which is very
much my position now Thirdly, we read
that Zacch@us made haste to come down,
in which 1 joyfully follow his example"
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-12-03
A Female Satellite.

A new revelation has been made TO
the world about the moon, which is
really quite pleasant. DR.. Henry NJ.
Parkhurst tells us that what we have
been calling the man in the moon for
some centuries is really a woman's
face; and the venerable philosopher
produces photographs showing that it
is a very beautiful woman's face. Pc
cts have long accorded a female sex to
the luminary OF night and it seems
from this that the poetic idea has been
nearer the foundation of actual truth
than the scientific one in this as in
many other cases. Most people will
be glad 10 learn that the sardonic old
man in the moon has been replaced by
q lovely female called ".Selene " BY
Or. Parkhurst. The worship OF that
orb will be likely to make lunatics re-
spected, and Young ladies who 90 out
Of doors by moonlight can feel assured
that they are under the best OF chap
eronage. The lovely being in the
moon is the best discovery OF the year.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-12-03
A rrous raAuD.
He TAX IS Preachers and Isymen In
Along n Lilac.

The Elko Independent is showing
up a fraud who gave the name OF Nor
an, ana under the guise OF a minister
OF the gospel succeeded in bilking
several persons at various places
along the railroad last Summer. Rev.
he La Matyr writes to the Rev. Mr..
Porter, OF Elko, concerning the coun-
terfeit preacher, and the INDEPENDENT
is permitted to copy the following
from the letter:
As to Morgan he is a snide. He
took them in at Winnemucca, they
gave him a recommendation to me,
and l gave him Truckee and some
money, too. He stopped n Sunday,
was liked, got some money, went on
to Auburn, was 10 return the next
Sunday but never did. He will get
ierked up some OF these times"
We believe one of the good citizens
Of Winnemucca was taken in" to
the amount of S25 by Mr.. Morgan.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-12-03
Never Give Tn.

If you suffer with asthma, bronchitis,
or any other diseases of the throat or
lungs, nothing can surprise you more than
the rapid improvement that will follow
the use of Santa Able. Ii you are
troubled with catarrh, and have tried
other medicines, you will be unable to
express your amazement at the marvellous
and instantaneous curative powers of the
California Cat-r-Cure. These remedies
are not secret compounds, but natural
productions Of California. Sold by John
S. Capron, Main street, Eureka, Nevada.
at 81 a package; three for 81 so.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-12-03
The Lowest Record In Working
Gold Ores. =.

When gold ore can be mined in Cal
liornia for 37la cents a ton, and milled
for % cents per ton, it is getting the
business down to a very fine point,
and augurs well for the future of Cali
iornia's quartz mining. And this has
just been accomplishments with a
small test run of 20 Or 80 tons of ore.
but with nearly 5000 tons. 1t will as
tonish many persons to learn that ore
worth only 81 16 per ton can be
moved and worked without loss, and
still more surprise them to know that
ore OF that value is paying about Sc
cents per ton profit. This record was
made recently at the Spanish mine,
Washington township, Nevada county,
California,
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-12-03
Judgment Obtained.

Judge r. K. Bigelow arrived here last
night on the special, says the Austin
Reveille, and early this morning. gave
judgment for the amount and costs OF the
different suits o. the lien.hoiders, leaving
here on this mornings train for Reno.
This is making close connections and get.
ting judgment with dispatch. The Sher-
ifs sale will be published for 81 days,
and at the expiration of that period the
property will be sold. That day promi.
ses to become remarkable in the history
of the town for exciting events.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-12-03
billions I'm Sight.

All Colorado is excited. Senator Ia.
Dor has struck a bonanza in his Leadville
mine, the "Matchless, in which millions
are in sight. 1t is amusing to see how
popular it has made Tabor. Lovers of
the flesh pots hope he will be a candidate
for the S~enatorship again.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-12-03
Just What You Want.

P. q. HUI is just in receip, Of a large
lot of glassware and crockery. Also, a
line assortment of library and parIor
lamps-the finest ever brought to the
market. Also. g nice assortment of silk
plush cabinet frames, and frame mould
ings. Also, carpets, oilcloth and mating,
bird cages. He has also just been made
agent for the celebrated light-running
Domestic" sewing machines, which are
now on exhibition at his store on South
Main street. They are OF all sizes and all
prices. n
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-12-03
Austin's

The Battle Mountain Central Ne
vadan speaks of Austin's future as
follows: Although this old camp is
now temporarily under a cloud, there
can be no doubt about the future. The
mines never looked better than they
do at the present time, and would. if
in operation, produce enough in sixty
days time to pay off all the COM
pany's Indebtedness.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-12-03
Suicide Rt Il

The Elko Independent says John G.
Irwin, of Aurora, Esmeralda county,
committed suicide at Elko by sending a
bullet through his brain. He left a note
stating that his reason for committing
the rash deed was that he was broke and
had no friends. He was comfortably
clad Il bore no appearance of being a
tramD.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-12-03
Sullivan and MItchell-

LONDON, Nov. 30.-Sullivan and Mitch.
ell were matched last night to fight to a
finish, with bare knuokles, for five hun.
dred pounds a side. The date of the fight
is not announced.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-12-03

Secretary Lamar in his annual report
will recommend that the Interstate Com.
merce Commission be made independent
of the authority or supervision of the In.
terror Department, and that it be made
directly responsible to Congress or to the
President, as nothing in the duties of the
Commission are within the usual author.
ity or control of the Department.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-12-03

The Superintendent of the railway mail
service says that during the past year
there were PA derailments or wrecks OF
trains On which postal clerks were EN-.
ployed, in which three men were killed, 10
seriously and seventy.two slightly in.
jured. The government has mail con-
tracts on ZIG, G09 miles of railroads.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-12-03

During the past week ore shipments
were made from the mines of the dis
trict as follows; To the Richmond
works-Silver Lick mine, 16 tons Dun
derberg, II tons; White Pine, 3 tons /;
jackson, AZ tons; Kentuck, 2 tons;
Geddes & Bertrand, 26 tons; Ham
burg, As tons. Eureka Con.-Albion,
IS tons; George Paul, 2 tons; Eureka
Giant, ? tons; Eugene N. Robinson, 6
tons; Paul Pry, 8 tons; Washington,
2 tons Morey, 7 tons; Lone Pine, 2S
tons; jackson, % tons; Williams, 2
tons, and P. McElroy, l ton.
All kinds Of tinware and crockery you
find at Berg's. +
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-12-03
An Indus,rious wife Hoporea.

Mrs. Frank sponci!, OF Putnam,
named her nineteenth child after Mrs.
Cleveland and sent the baptismal GER
tliicate to the Presidents wife. Mrs
cleveland sent a handsome letter of
acknowledgment with a nice present
OF money to be given to Mrs. Sponcil.
New Haven News.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-12-03
complimentary.

The Carson Tribune has the following:
Judge A. L. Fitzgerald is giving immense
satisfaction in his District. He is able
and prompt, two great desiderata in the
conduct of judicial affairs. Nevada nav
be proud OF her District Judges.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-12-03

The New York Court of Appeals has
rendered a decision in the Jacob Sharp
Doodle case, reversing the decision of the
lower court and ordering a new trial.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-12-03

The pay-days OF the Eureka Con. Min
ing Company will be as follows: Furnace
men on the Sd, miners on the 9Th, and
town bills on the 9Th.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-12-03

The finest and largest stock of holiday
goods ever brought to Eureka. can he
found at the Eureka Drug Store, very
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-12-03

Fresh sweet apple cider for mince meat.
and the choicest apples in the market,
cheap, at Berg's. ~
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-12-03

Senator Riddieberger says: A poor man
has no more right to be in the United
States Senate than an iceberg has IN
Hades.